10 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN MOTION PICTUR 5 FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS-A. jolly if pro- tracted, tour of the globe Based on the fanta y by Jules Verne. the film roan1S fr01ll continent to continent, picking up lots of funny stuff in transit. There is a tremendous cast, headed by David Niven and the Mexi- can comedian Cantinflas. (Rivoli, B'way at 49th, CI 7-1633 Daily at 2:30 and 8:30. Extra performances Saturdays and Friday, July 4, at 10:30 A.M. Reserved seats only.) THE AWAKENING-In this Italian film, written by Cesare Zavattini and Mario Call1erini, and directed b) the latter, Anna Magnani makes a memorable character of a nun whose love of a small boy induces her to forget her obli- gations to her order. (Greenwich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, vVA 9-3350; through July 5. . . . (jJ Trans-Lux Colony, 2nd Ave at 79th. BU 8-9468; July 7-8, tentative.) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI-There's plenty of variety in this entertaining description of life aIllong a group of British oldiers cap- tured by the Japanese during the Second VV orld vVar and led by a colonel who is not too well in the head. The film includes every- thing from satire to high adventure, and the cast, headed by Alec Guinness, vVilliam Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Se sue Haya- kawa, perfonlls valiantly under the direction of David Lean (Palace, B'way at 47th, PL 7-2626. Daily at 2:30 and 8:30. Reserved seats only.) THE CASE OF DR. LAURENT-An interesting French film that explores the subj ect of natural childbirth with a good deal of dramatic im- pact. Jean Gabin is cast as a doctor who fa- vors the Illethod, and Nicole Courcel as a pregnant young WOIllan who goes along with his ideas (Trans-Lux 52nd St., Lexington at 52nd, PL 3-2434.) GERVAISE-A mournful look at the way things were among the lower orders during the Second Empire. A French film, adapted from a novel by Emile Zola, in which Maria Schell gives a wonderfully persuasive performance, as do François Perier, Armand Mestral, and Suzy Delair, her assistants in the enterprise. (Midtown, B'way at looth, RI 9-9516; start- ing July 9. . . . (jJ Art, 36 E 8th, GR 3-7 01 4; Gramercy, Lexington at 23rd, GR 5-1660; Beekman, 2nd Ave. at 66th, RE 7-2622; and Trans-Lux 85th St., Madison at 85th, BU 8-3 I 80, starting July y, tentative.) GIGI-A handsome and melodious adaptation of the Colette tale about a young lady \,,"ho is tutored to be a courtesan and winds up the beloved of the richest young fello\'l in Paris. Book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, lllusic by Frederick Loewe, costumes by Cecil Beaton, and a fine cast, headed by Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier. Hermione Gin- gold, Isabel J ean , dnd Louis Jourdan. (Royale, 242 VV. 45th, Cl 5-5760. Nightly at 8:40. Matinées vVednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Friday, July 4, at 2:40. Re- served seats only) -'\ " I 'ê II I 1,--- I', I /À .1 GOl'\ / h3( I 'I{Y\/' 1 \ , \ g} ; (}Î) I ' I b/fJt ,,\1\ I \ I '1 \V ,i ' . II study of some benighted denizens of the Very Deep South. Carroll Baker and Karl Malden. (Greenwich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, vVA 9-3350; July 6-8.) BEAT THE DEVIL (1954)-Humphrey Bogart in the hire of a gang of lunatic crooks out to get control of a uranium field. (Trans-Lux Colony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, BU 8-9468; start- ing July 9, tentative.) THE BRAVE BULLS (195 I )-Bullfighting in Mexico, \\ ith Me! Ferrer as a melancholy matador. (Trans-Lux Colony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, BU 8-9468; starting July 9. tentative.) DEVIL IN THE FLESH (1949)-The trials and cruel- ties of adolescent love. A French pic- ture, with Gérard Philipe and Micheline Presle. (Thalia B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; July 6.) DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)-Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of the thriller about a tennis player who wants to lob his \vife to eternity. Ray Milland and Grace Kelly. (Trans-Lux Colony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, BU 8-9468; July 6, tentative.) THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)-John Ford's reworking of the Steinbeck novel, with Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; July 7) JOUR DE FÊTE (I952)-A French film about a village postman, Jacques Tati, who is en- raptured by American speedup ideas. (Thalia, B'way at 95th. AC 2-3370 July 5.) THE KILLERS (1946 )-HeIllingway's short story here expanded Burt Lancaster and A va Gardner. (Terrace, 9th Ave. at 23rd. CH 2- Q280 July 7-8 ) KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1950)-Derring-do in Africa. vVith Deborah Kerr, Stewart Gran- ger, and thousands of beasts. (VV averIy, 6th Ave. at 3rd, WA 9-8038; July 6-8.) MARIE DU PORT (1951)-A village barmaid helps a worId-weary big-city fellow out of his ennui. A French film, with Jean Gabin. (Thalia. B'way at 95th, AC 2-337 0 ; July 3.) THE PROUD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1956)-Jean-Paul Sartre's story about romance in a flea-bitten Mexican town. vVith Gérard Philipe and Michèle Morgan. In French and Spanish. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; July 6.) THE ROOTS (1957)-Four tales of life among the Mexican Indians. In Spanish (8th St. Playhouse, 52 VV. 8th, GR 7-7874; through July 8. tentative.) VIVA ZAPATA! (1952)-Marlon Brando, Anthony Quinn, and revolution in Mexico. (Trans- Lux Colony, 2nd Ave. at 79th, BU 8-94 68 ; July 6, tentative.) THE WINDOW (1949)-About a persistent young fibber who happens to witness a real murder and can't get anybody to believe him. With Bobby Driscoll and Arthur Kennedy. (Ter- race. oth Ave at 23rd, CH 2-Q280; July 3.) FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST APPEAR IN HEAVY TYPE AND ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ABOVE ASTOR, B'wayat 45th. (JV 6-2240) "The Vikings," Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine CAPITOL. B'way at 51st (JU 2-5060) "Kings G.o Forth," Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis. CRITERION, B'way at 44th. (JU 2-1796) "South Pacific," Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gay- nor, John Kerr. (vVeekdays at 8:30 and Sundays at 7:30. Matinees daily at 2:30. Extra performances Friday and Saturday, July 4-5, at 10 A.M Reserved seats only) MAYFAIR, 7th Ave. at 47th. (CI 5-9800) Through July 8: "This Happy Feeling," Debbie Reynolds, Curt Jurgens. From July 9: "A Time to Love and a Time to Die," John Gavin, Lilo Pulver. KJ L .Q \. " WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION-A tricky and ab- sorbing melodrama, adapted by Billy vVilder and Harry Kurnitz from a play by Agatha Christie, in which a young man accused of murdering an old lady who has befriended him is defended by his barrister with the utmost verve. Charles Laughton has some- thing of an actor's field day as the barrister, and Tyrone Power, as the defendant, and Marlene Dietrich, as his wife, lllanage to make themselves heard over Mr. Laughton's impressive c1aIllor (Lexington, Lexington at 5 1St, PL 3-0336; Loew's 72nd St., 3 r d Ave. at 72nd, BU 8-7222; Orpheum, 3rd Ave. at 86th, AT 9-4607; Sheridan, 7th Ave. at 12th, VV A 9-2 166; Loew's 83rd St., B'way at 83rd, TR 7-3190, and Olympia, B'way at 107th, UN 5-8128.) RE. V IV ALS A Nous LA LIBERTE (1932 )-René Clair deals with prison life and factory life. which seem to be similar. (Thalia B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; July 5.) THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950 )-J ewel thieves prowling around a Midwestern city. Directed by John Huston and with Louis Calhern and Sam Jaffe in the cast. (Terrace, 9th Ave. at 23rd, CH 2-9280; July 7-8.) BABY DOLL (1956)- Tennessee Williams' droll . . . THE, ßR.OADW A Y AR.E,A MUSIC HALL, 6th Ave. at 50th. (CI 6-4600) "Indiscreet," Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman. ODEON, B way at 47th. (PL 7-8320) "The Key," William Holden, Sophia Loren. PALACE, B'wayat 47th. (PL 7-2626) THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. PARAMOUNT, B\vay at 43rd. (LO 3-1 100) "The Bravados," Gregory Peck, Joan Collins. RIVOLl, B'way at 49th. (CI 7-1633) AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. Roxy, 7th Ave. at 50th. (CI 7-6000) "vVindjammer," the first Cinemiracle pro- duction. (Weekdays at 8: 30 and Sundays at 8 Matinées daily at 2:30. Reserved seats only) ROYALE, 242 W. 45th. (CI 5-5760) GIGI. STATE j B'way at 45th. (JU 2-5070) "King Creole," Elvis Presley Carolyn Jones VICTORIA, B'way at 46th. (JU 6- 0 54 0 ) "The Vikings," Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine. WARNER, B'way at 47th. (CO 5-571 I) "Cinerama," revival. (Nightly at 8:40. Matinees vVednesdays, Saturdays, Sun- days, and Friday, July 4, at 2:40. Reserved seats only.) WORLD, [53 VV. 49 th . (Cl 7-5747) "Fire Under Her Skin" (in French), Ray- mond Pellegrin Giselle Pascal